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Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis: Correlation, Causality, and Controversy

Author(s) -

Joost Smolders

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

autoimmune diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 2090-0422

pISSN - 2090-0430

DOI - 10.4061/2011/629538

Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , medicine , causality (physics) , expanded disability status scale , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin , correlation , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics

The last years, many studies reported associations between correlates of vitamin D exposure and several correlates of multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity. This review discusses studies on vitamin D status, Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score, and relapse activity of MS. Furthermore, several considerations for intervention studies on vitamin D supplementation in MS are provided.

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